Fiscal Impact Analysis

When land is developed new costs
are incurred by the municipal government in order to provide additional
services and infrastructure to that development. Such services include the
expansion of fire protection, libraries, schools, policing, and emergency
services, just to name a few. A variety of infrastructure costs are also
incurred, such as the provision of water, sewer and roads. A fiscal impact
analysis helps to determine whether or not the flow of new tax revenues from a
new development will balance out the incurred costs.

A joint initiative of San Joaquin Valley Councils of Governments representing each of the region's eight counties, the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, the Great Valley Center, and the Fresno State Community and Regional Planning Center